Critiquing Tools

ART VOCABULARY LIST
• smudge: a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something.
• opaque: not able to be seen through; not transparent.
• exaggerated: represent something as being larger, greater, better or worse that it really is.
• converging lines: lines that come from different directions and meet at one place.
• hierarchy: an arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance or inclusiveness.




ADJECTIVE LIST
• organic: denoting a relation between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole.
• meander: a winding curve or bends.
• chiaroscuro: the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting, an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
• ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
• amorphous: without a clearly defined shape or form.
• biomorphic: a graphical representation of an organism generated on a computer, used to model evolution.
• matte: dull and flat, without a shine.
• corrugated: contract or cause to contract into folds or wrinkles. 
• velvety: texture of woven fabric of silk, cotton or nylon.




PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS of DESIGN LIST
• principles

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stability

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dynamic

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rhythm

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scale

• elements

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colour

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texture

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line

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shape and form